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Call me Mr cautious, but I wear my stormy seas lifejacket when in chest waders. It is warm and has pockets too

He'll yeah!

Try it.

Whitianga. It is a direct line to the Westpac weather station for the chopper boys.I would guess that all regions have something similar to monitor conditions

If you text the following number with just a single letter, any letter, it will reply with a current wind speed and direction.
021 177 3283
It doesn't cost

Yeah I hear Purangi is good for a few.
Forecast is ok ish. 15 NE mostly, but no sign of that yet.

I hear you VC. I checked the river out too, but no luck.
I reckon it would be possible to catch flounder on those Gulp softball crabs, with the right setup.

So no wind and a nice moonlit night saw me waddling around in my waders at 1.30am.
No flounder were seen, let alone captured for my brekky, but I did learn where all the paddle crabs hang out as...

Not really a good keen man Scouser. Just an insomniac at the moment.

Well high tide is in the wee wee hours up here at the moment, so I will pop out around 2am and find out.

Wind is picking up n/ne so may not be good enough vis.

I picked up a pair of neoprene chest waders from FCO for fifty bucks, so keen to get them wet. Tonight looks like it will be good conditions here

Don't panic Scouser. I am not a complete fashion idiot. I would make sure to wear blue socks with my orange Crocs

NOT!!!

I was going to get a pair of Orange Crocs specially for the job.

Nice turn around mate.

Thanks all (maybe with exception of Mikee ).
I have choices of location. First is in the shallows of the main bay, about 80 metres from the front door
Second is in the sheltered estuary by marina,...

I have made myself a decent spear and want to try for a Flounder or two.
Is there an optimum tide time to have a go, or is it trial and error?